Tank & Floyd turn down GRJ; targeting Farmer or Gamboa

Discussion in 'World Boxing Forum' started by Rock0052, Jul 31, 2019.


  1. RingKing75

    RingKing75 Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    No worries, that's going to be Tanks career. A bunch of names that were has beens on the resume. FlIVd is teaching him well.
     
  2. Manfred

    Manfred Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    GGG ducked Ward and he knows it.
     
  3. tinman

    tinman Loyal Member Full Member

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    You know I rate GGG (the prime version) pretty high, but we will never actually know how good he was for sure because in his prime he was fighting guys like Macklin, Proksa and Stevens.

    Back then GGG wasn't drawing a lot of money. And he was a brawler, come forward guy who never ran out of energy and punched hard and had an iron chin. So even if you thought you could win (nobody at 160 thought they actually could) you knew that win, lose or draw he would give you the beating of your life just due to his style.

    Why would anybody want to fight a pressure fighter who inflicts loads of punishment, you will probably lose to him and you won't get paid much. It was bad management from GGG. Everybody at 160 ducked him, it is what it is. If I was him I would have moved up to fight Ward because everybody else was ducking him.
     
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  4. tinman

    tinman Loyal Member Full Member

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    Gary Russel would be a hard fight for him. 50/50 fight.
     
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  5. lencoreastside

    lencoreastside Obsessed with Boxing banned Full Member

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    Omg
    omg...3 fights in a year! How will the poor luv cope!
     
  6. split_decision

    split_decision Electronic information tampers with your soul Full Member

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    I genuinely read on a conspiracy forum once that Mayweather is Tevin's father. When Mayweather was 12 he met TF's mother
     
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  7. dealt_with

    dealt_with Boxing Junkie banned Full Member

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    That’s actually a great fight that I never considered. I think I might pick GRJ I’d it happened.
     
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  8. Limerickbox

    Limerickbox Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Huh?
     
  9. lencoreastside

    lencoreastside Obsessed with Boxing banned Full Member

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    He’s so inactive it’s hard to defend ...he must be good though to get away with it ...ring rust not a problem for him obviously..
     
  10. Limerickbox

    Limerickbox Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Defend him from what?

    Like I said, he'll fight 3 times this year, which is what you'd expect from a known titlist.

    Big stars only fight twice a year, and sometimes not even that.
     
  11. LeftRightDownThePipe

    LeftRightDownThePipe Well-Known Member banned Full Member

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    So your argument is what? GGG fought a non green PRIME Canelo who got busted for PED’s to top it off?? And won both fights in the vast majorities eyes. And he did that at 35... Right. Lol Floyd waited out dangerous primes or went after green ones.

    And “Fighter of note” huh? Floyd at 20 didn’t fight anybody as good as Brook, Jacobs or Lemieux. So that’s false.
     
  12. UnleashtheFURY

    UnleashtheFURY D'oh! Full Member

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    Young Floyd was actually great to watch. Gotta give credit where it's due. He wasn't the running bore with athletic commissions and sanctioning bodies in pocket like Money era.
     
  13. TheMotorCityCobra

    TheMotorCityCobra Active Member Full Member

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    Since the start of 2016 to today, Loma and Tank have both had 8 fights.